Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.
Delta Arrowhead
Alismataceae (Water-Plantain Family)
USDA Symbol: SAPLUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Sagittaria platyphylla
Delta Arrowhead
Alismataceae
Location: W side of Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; in mud of shallow, slow moving fresh watr. Several dense colonies.
Description: Leaves over-topping scapes; blades elliptic to lanceolate, unlobed, to 15 cm long, half or less as wide. Scape simple w/4-5 whorls, lower whorls pistillate w/pedicels to 25 mm, recurving in fruit. Fruiting heads to 15 mm dia. Petals white, non-persistant.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 5, 1994
Specimen number: 660
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0944
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73
Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit)